Whether living with pirates or in the wild, parrots have exceptional abilities to mimic the sounds they hear. One species, the orange-fronted conure, may have evolved this ability in order to ...

During flock encounters, a single vocal interaction seems to be sufficient for making the decision of whether to recruit an individual or flock. Parrots are known for their splendid ability to imitate ...

Parrots aren’t just colorful companions—they’re complex thinkers, skilled communicators, and emotional beings with needs as unique as their personalities. From using names to identify each other, to ...

If you want folks to engage, you gotta speak their language. At least that’s what a parrot might recommend. Parrots of course are notorious mimics. But that ability that we find so endearing [parrot ...

One of the rarest birds in New Zealand is having its best breeding season in decades, potentially doubling the population. The orange-fronted parakeet, known locally as the kākāriki karaka, is in the ...

IT is a hard heart that doesn’t break a little in the presence of a bird in a cage or -- in the case of the parrots of California -- cheer at an escape. One Los Angeles species to elude the pet trade ...

Outside the breeding season many parrots live in dynamic social systems in which individuals travel and forage. These flocks are characterized by frequent changes in composition and their dynamic ...